CALIFORNIA DEPUTY KILLS DRIVER AFTER PURSUIT
A San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputy shot and killed a motorist this morning suspected of trying to ram the officer's car after a lengthy pursuit, officials said. The driver, whose name and age have not been released, apparently fled after deputies attempted to stop him at Garden and Pacific streets in San Bernardino about 4 a.m., said Arden Wiltshire, spokeswoman for the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department.
San Bernardino sheriff's deputy kills driver after pursuit Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times
Authorities investigate an early-morning scene in the Upland area where a sheriff's deputy shot and killed a motorist who tried to ram the officer's car after a prolonged pursuit.
Email Picture By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer 10:12 AM PDT, April 24, 2008
A San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputy shot and killed a motorist this morning suspected of trying to ram the officer's car after a lengthy pursuit, officials said.
The driver, whose name and age have not been released, apparently fled after deputies attempted to stop him at Garden and Pacific streets in San Bernardino about 4 a.m., said Arden Wiltshire, spokeswoman for the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department.
Witnesses later reported a car driving erratically in Fontana, and deputies again pursued the man, Wiltshire said. Deputies dropped stop sticks and rammed the back of the man's car but failed to stop him, Wiltshire said. At about 5 a.m., the motorist made a U-turn on Mountain Avenue near the I-210 overpass in the Upland area and allegedly began ramming a deputy's car, Wiltshire said.
The deputy responded by firing at the suspect, Wiltshire said. It was unclear how many shots were fired and how many struck the driver, who was wounded and crashed into a concrete sound wall, Wiltshire said. A small fire erupted in the suspect's car, and he died at the scene, she said.
No deputies were injured in the pursuit or shooting, Wiltshire said. The incident remains under investigation, she said.
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